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Walter Lewis Wiley

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Walter Lewis AWMM
  • Surname
    Wiley AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 48006 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM 9 Cooper Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs V.B. Wiley (mother), 29 Cooper Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 48006 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Walter Wiley was the son of Walter Lewis Wiley and of Vera Blanche Wiley (nee Tuckey), of Auckland, New Zealand. AWMM
    • Brother of Aileen Fay Wiley Born 14/02/1924
      And Valerie Beatrice Wiley. Uncle to Renny Lewis Wiley and Robyn Janne Birch. Public - Jessica - Other relative - 12 January 2020 - Family papers

Death

About death

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  • Death
    1 December 1943 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy AWMM XI. C. 27. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

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  • Dear Pat, my grandmother (munga) your sister (Aileen Fay Wiley), carried you in her memory for all of her days. She loved you dearly and remembers you fondly. The Lewis name has been carried on to all of the boys born into our family, starting with Fays son Renny. My dad. We have a Renny Lewis Wiley who he then named his son (my brother) Matthew Lewis Wiley and his son (my nephew) is James Lewis Wiley. We all carry your short lived, but not wasted, life with us and you are always remembered and valued. Thankyou for your sacrifice. We are all so proud of you. Yours truly, your great niece, Jessica Wiley.
    Public - Jessica - Other relative - 12 January 2020
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2215228
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 5: WW2 226 AWMM
    • 21 Battalion (Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45) AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
17 January 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
12 January 2020JessicaPerth, Western AustraliaOther relative

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